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Ordinance, The ·EXCHANGE BANKS. will be CLOSED for the TRANSACTION of PUBLIC BUSI NESS on FRIDAY, BATURDAY and MONDAY, 3, 26r and SÜTE MARCH, 1982. (Éaura Holidata). ̈‚'

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NOTICE.

MISS VIOLET CAPELL will reenmo ber Dancing Class- Bs from the 4th APRIL. For particulare kindly apply No. 8, Torrai Building, Kowloon, or Phone 57117.

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HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

GENERAL MEETING OF

MEMBERS will be held on TUESDAY, the 29th March, 1932, at.5 p.m. in the Offices of the Cham- ber of Commeros, Chartered Bank Building, to nominate a Member of the Chamber for appointment to the Legislative Council during the absence from the Colony of the Hon. Mr. C. Gordon Mackie.

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Notico in writing of the Names of Candidates and their Proposers and Seconder to be lodged with the Secretary of the Obamber of Com merca at least 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the Meeting

By Order,"

M. F KEY,

Secretary. Hong Kong, alms Mar., 1982. (199)

THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL NURSING

HOME.

MHE Public is advised" that the Nursing Home is now open for the admission of patients.

Accommodation is provided for fifty-five persons, including twenty six first-class and maternity wards.

The Nursing Home is furnished and equipped throughout on the most. modern lines.

Private bathrooms are attached to "each first-clasi ward,

Baiselet Olası $11.00 per day; 2nd Class $6.00 per day ordinary medicines and mail dressings in- cluded.

LINSTEAD DAVIS,

Secretaries & Treasurers..

(1997

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Dis Rechnung, as the derzus call it, is not a pain below the belt but one in the pocket-in other words Che Bub auraly John

whose play The

Opert shows us that he knew men's feelings, sad something of om has missed the point! If man enjoy what they get they don't mind what bhay pay for it. The moral, anyhow don't bag without no-for preference Maconochie's

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1932,

Hong Kong has never been the

same place since,"

It is fashionable in those days to

deary armaments, but that is an-

Intihar question. Hong Kong has | Tale of the Day......

of militariam and the world-wide

rule of law and, rensdn. In the old days, as Mr. CRAMPKI put it, the. Chinn, Fleet and our garrison,

Women's Bigger. Feet..

News and Views

Sos.. Wedding Ring.

A twenty two barat gold wedding ring, weighing thres ounces:

little. chiano to belittle the part: "How did you get on at school played, by the British Fica; and the to-day 1''

Five thousand gold pan tiba. "Fino, daddy. The teacher said British Army in her history. Re-that if the other boys were like me

These were among the "articles cont ofents hardly suggest the and they raight as well close the school."offered to a London firm in the great rush to sell sovereign and “articles of gold jewellery.

"The normal weight of a wedding ring is a quarter to half an ounce," said a represstatives of the firm The one offered us is by far the largest we have or soon. It was "In a demonstration of genuine sans by: post, and, judging by the period clothes dating from 1780, reappearance, has been worn for form of warfare has arisen and iscently arranged in Bristol, it was. years. We valued it at £15,

helped out by the bewhiskered warriors" of the Volunteers, were sufficient to protect us. Now a new

Dr. J. T. Irving, of the Depart mont of Physiology, University of Bristol, in a letter in the "Lapest,"

states:

found that none of the ladies taking part could put on the shoes cor- responding to the earlier costumos, as they were much too small,

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is fully time that we took cognis ance Hong Kong has, in fact, to start to dowlop its defences against a possible attack from the

Is she fact that, women's fast ea much smaller 100 years air. Just as the muzzle-loaders on

ego well recognised? If it is so, Battery Path were replaced by the 1 suppose exercise and a healthier longrange artillery, on Meunt life have been responsible for the Davies and Stonecuttera Island, rechange." have to build up an organisation for meeting the new

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enace.

Children Go to Bed Too Late.

The 3,000 pen niha ware among. lot of old jewellery bought from one man,

"If the majority of them were called upon to face un audienos they would not have the technique, voice or general equipment to pone- trate beyond the sesand row of the sweethearts would not get a job in a Estalls. Some of the greatest Alm third rate touring company if they had to rely on impressing the audi- once to keep their position.

They remain stars for the reason that flm producing gives them the chance to correct their defects, ench soona usually being taken several times."

Yagoslava Barter Food for Labour,

While in the vast plains of nor- thorn Yugoslavia bumper crops of wheat and corn remain unsold, in the mountains of the southwest- "When the articles purchased by Montenegro and parts of Barron the firm in one day this wook wore Bosnia and Herzegovina famine melted down they made two bars of, threatens. gold, one weighing 2,000ox, and the other 1,8000L.'

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Mr. Baldwin on Happiness.

Mr. Baldwin adopted the mantle of philosophy when he spoke on "Happiness and Success."

He was delivering the inaugural Sir Alfred Fripp Memorial Lecture University College, Gower-street. Here are some of Mr. Baldwin's definitions of happiness:

Lateness of going to bed is one It may be said that a few auto-

of the contributory causes of rhsunt matic guns aro not much

umatism among schoolchildren, in against modern battle planes. That the opinion of Dr. Gerald Slot, is a technical matter, but the Physician-in-Charge of the street is the axception rather than "A happy countenance in a City Tux engagement is announced bo-founding of this new section of the Rheumatism Supervisory Centre, the rule, but it would be very mis

tween Lieut. A. B. MuSSON,

In his report to the LC.O., Dr.leading to compile statistics on this Royal Artillory, and Jos Voluntoer Corps is a boginning. Slot mys:

basis. The pastor by may be look- ing anxious because of the perils:

ANNOUNCEMENT.

WRIGHT TAYLOR only daughter of Mr. J. H. Thom, wife of. Lieut. Col. J. H. THOM, D.8.0., Royal Artillery,

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The tradition of marocinting the citizens of Hong Kong with the defence of the Colony is maintain- ed. Mont Volunteer work has to

modern basis and

a

Eyan-On March 15, at Shang-begin on

hai, to Mr. and Mrs. L. KLYN, to justify itself by efficiency and A daughter. MoALEN-On March 16, at Shang koonnese. Only, in this way Haya

hai, to Mr. and Mrs, 8 J

machine

and guns MOALEN, the gift of & daughter. artillery,

armoured cars been obtained. Tho A.A. Light Automatic Company of

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MARRIAGE. X

WERB HUTCHINSON.-On March 10, to-day may be the forerunner of.

at Shanghai, Donis. daughter

to

"In the crowded homes of the poor children of London "I think that rest is almost impossible.

"In an analysis of 459. casos wo found that the number of children sleeping alone was only 44. In by for the larger number of cases the room was shared with two, three, four and sometimes even tuore, others.

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"I find, too, that children go to bed too late, and are disturbed by other members of the household and by wireless and grame- phones."

The Motorist's Wife.

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The Yugoslav Government is now purchasing surplus foodstuffs from the fertile parts of the country and distributing them among hungry folks of the limestone mountain re- Buted the people give labour, which gion. In return for the food dintri- is employed in building new sque- queta, reads and railways.

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Axing a Button.

An Admiralty Fleet Order isaned directs that in future dress jackota, only three buttons instead of four Olnas I. and Class III., are to have on each side, the button under the lapel being omitted.

Jackets of the present pattern

of the trafic, or, at this stage in may be used until they are worn our nation's history, because he is out

hastening to pay his income-tax. The Order apparently applies to "The Bible began with a blissful all ratings wearing jacketa and pair in Paradise who quickly lost peaked caps; as contrasted with their happiness, and it would seem those in jumpers. that it had not been recovered com- pletely in any subsequent partner. ship. Indeed, modern Christendom Bikshas in Hollywood, might be said to be divided between i those who held that Adam and Eve were perfectly happy and lost their by a Hollywood film studio for happiness and those who held that jinrikishas, more than 80 ware pro-

duced inside of two hours? they never had it to lose."

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Mr. Movallo's View of U.S. Film

Stars,

When a recent call was sent. ont

Poor Law Artist.

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THE HONG KONG

DISPENSARY,

of the late Mr. Joseph Hutchinabattery of the latest and deadliest

A scene-painter who is one of the inmates of the Poor Law institu- son and Mrs. Hutchinson of

Because he took his wife, & anit- high-elovation guns, controlled by

Mr. Ivor Novelio, the actor, tion at Edmonton, N., is repainting Stoneycroft, Liverpool, JOSEPH VICTOR WEB of the instruments yet to be designed by case and two cardboard boxes in a severely criticised the standard of the scenery used there for amateur British Cigarette Co., Ltd.,

the Hiram Maxime and the Percy car which had a limited trade li-acting of film stars when he landed theatricals, and is allowed a special as Southampton from New York. official allowance of 29, Bd. a week. Shanghai.

sence, Frederick Storey, of Wolver-He has beer nine months in Holly-

It has been suggested that ho ton Lodge, West Meon, was at wood writing scenarios for films.

might brighten some of the rooms The Joking Swabians. Chertany fined £s for carrying on "I think the general standard of with mural paintings, and if these unauthorised person and an additis is Probly low parts proved successful he would probab-renowned for their drollery, to larly with the feminine stars." be. ly be asked to decorate other poor tional 23 for carrying goods. szid.

law institutions in Middlesex.

DEATH.

Scotts of the future.

Under one of the Treaties by HONG KONG ENGINEERING & KILLEEN-On March 16, at Shang-which Great Britain sought to lead

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,

No

LIMITED,

TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the TENTE ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders

of the Hong Kong Engineering.

&

hai, Chaules pe BLAIR KILLEEN, aged 30 years.

Editorial and Business Offres: 11,

Ice House Strest. Tel. 30251.

Tel. 94321.

the world' away from the ar ments madness, the re-fortifying of Hong Kong was abandoned. The ime limit for his concession is

Construction Company, Limited, wi Night Editor (Wanchai Of) ending, "and the conditions under

be held in the Board Room of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co, St. George's Building, Chater Boad, Hong Konz on Tuesday, the 5th April 1912, at 19 o'clock noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and a Statement of Accounts for the Year ended on the 31st Decem ber

1931,

and electing Directors and

Auditors.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 24th March to the 5th April, 1332, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

London Office: 3. Fleet Street, which it was granted are being con-

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The Bady Press.

HONG KONG, MARCK 23, 1932.

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Local Notes and Events

The annual meeting of the YM.C.A. will be hold in the Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, on Wednesday, March 30, at 6.30 p.m., to receive to elect three directors.. the annual report and accounts and

veniently forgotten by those who The Bong Kong dollar dropped a farthing yesterday, the demand perhaps thought they had outwitted Forate being 1s. 34d. Great Britain. But responsible authorities at Home, such as the Imperial Defences Committee, the War Office and the Admiralty, are fully alive to the immediate and the future needs of Hong Kong. They will require; however, that, as in the past, the local popula- tion will actively associate itself MR. CHAMPKIN, in his address to

with the necessary measures for the Rotary Club, made some apt and shrewd romarks, not only on waring an impressive and ade TGENERAL RETING of the behalf of the Anti-Aircraft Light quate scheme of defence.

B. ALVES,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 17th March, 1832.

HONG KONG CLUE

NOTICE.

(1973

EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEARLY

at 5.30 p.m.

By Order,

AERIAL DEFENCE: A BEGINNING.

Members of the Hong Kong Club Automatic Company of the Volun- will be held in the Club House on THURSDAY, the 31st MARCH, 1932, teora, but, by implication, on the whole question of the defence of the Colony: Mr. CHAMPKIN suggested that a somewhat facile optimism is'; baned on the belief that." nothing Hong Kong, 18th Marah, 1982. [1079 ever happens here We have

T. A. ROBERTSON,

Lieut. Coly

Secretary.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

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always bean safe and secure. It is ́our birthright, and whatever may happen to the rest of the world life in Hong Kong wilt go on as usual f

TRAFFIC OFFENDERS

FINED.

MOTOR CYCLIST AND A

DINNER.

Mr. H. H. Muller, of Siemens

We are able to forget, atha China Ltd., was fined 87 at the

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending March 5, amounted to 95,488 metric tons, and the sales during the period to 83,332 metric,

tons.

The forthcoming wedding is an nounced of Mr. Luiz Edwarde de Souza, 75, British Concession, Sha mcon, Canton, to María Xavier, 20, Granville Road, Kowloon.

Miss Leonor

One case of small-pox was report ed on Monday. During last week there were 8. cases. (6 deaths) of

Before Mr. Wynne-Jones at Cen tral Magistracy yesterday, four- Chinose were charged with the mur- der of a student named Tsang Hing. Kai at Pokfulam on February 18. Mr. T. M. Einzelrigg conducted the case for the Crown when he deliver- ed a lengthy opening address and after evidence had been taken, the case was adjourned. The defen dante all entered pleas of not guilty. but they were. not legally To presented..

The Swabians have always been

which the name "Schwabenstreiche" (@wabians' focleries) is given. This winter, a group of Swabians on-a motor trip came to a bridge over he Danube at Leiphoim, near Ulm, and found it closed--by order-to motor traffic..

The bridge, it, scomed to them." wás strong enough to bear them and Their Hanomag car, which was not excessively heavy. Other passengers apparently shared their view of the situation, and so it came to pass that 12 stout Swabians hoisted the car on to their shoulders and trium.

from the files. phantly carried it across the bridge

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without technically violating the in- junction.

Skyscrappers for Paris? H. E. the Governor has been Paris! This much-discussed ques- Are skyscrapers to be allowed in pleased to appoint Major A. Cheption has come up again. It appears man of the E.K.V.C. to be com- that the Paris Municipal Council wishes what used to be known as the mandant in succession to Major C. "Ports" "Maillot to be one of the The Chief Justice (Sir Joseph G. Pritchard, rotired, with effect main entrances to the city, and with Kemp) is suffering from an attack

of influenza and under the circum from April 7. He has also been this sad in view has approached M. Rosenthal, the owner of soma pro- stances the family dispute case at pleased to appoint Mr. S. B. C. perty situated there, and asked him present before the Court, is ad Rom to act 25 Postmaster Genera! whether be would part with a por journed until Bir Joseph returne

to his duties. It is stated that during the absence on leave of Mr.tion of his land and allow a sky- owing to the fact that the Court is L. A. M. Johnson, or until further now very busy, it is probable that notice. the case will be taken during the

Beraper to be built thereon. Until now, the Municipal Council has consistently retoed any suggestion to build auch a thing as a skyscrap-

with the work on hand. Easter holidays in order to cope The Bedford, cruiser, having had er. It has fixed the maximu

haight that a building may attain- her port main engine bearings ad at approximately 99 foot. Fari

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small-pox; 2. cases (1 death) of The case in which five Chiness justed, "after steam trial in thesiane are asking whether this regu- diphtheria; cases (death) of are being tried at Kowloon Magis North Soo, has left for the China lation is to be changed, and sky- enteric fevereisch (1 death) of tracy on charges of receiving station to take the place of the scrapers are to be allowed, cerebrospinal fever and be deaths stolen from pulmonary tuberculosis.

The name of Mr. T. M. Mitchell is included in the November ex amination pass. list of the Institu- tion of Electrical Engineers. Mr. Mitchell was formerly with the Chino Light & Power Co. but is how employed with the Texza Oil,

Co.

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TE GOODS OF CHARLES speaker insisted, that our pengeful Central Magistracy yesterday, morn- AUGUSTOS PENNINGTON, and uneventful history has beening by Mr. Schofield for riding his LATE OF HEIGHAM HALL NOR. WICK, HOZTOLY, FORMELY OF 31 Possible because we have been very.

According to a police report, a POKERIDON VILLAS BAYSWATER, well able to take care of ourselves, motor cycle in Wyndham Street, a

staman сп board

lighter MIDDLINEX, ESQUIRE, DECEASED.

and have made the necessary saeri-prohibited aren, an offence to which belonging to the Kowloon Go

downs sustained a fractured skull NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN floes to obtain that end. Internal the defendant pleaded guilty."

that the Court has by virtue of order has been maintained by a

when he foll. He was removed to, In the same Court a Chiness the Kowloon Hospital but his con Boction 68 of Probate Ordinance 1897,

dition was so serious that he was made an Order limiting the Time strong police force backed by big

not expected to live.

property, illegal posses- sion of arms and armed rob. Diadem, cruiser, Captain C. H. bery Was again... before Mr. Umfroville. The Bedford is com- A. Fraser yesterday afternoon, maaded by Captain S. E. Erskine, when the case was adjourned follow- ing the taking of further evidence.Hong Kong Daily Preve. March At one point in the proceedings the 23, 1967. Court was adjourned for 2 short while in order that certain of the Looking Back 50 Years, defendanta might be taken to Yau- mati Police Station by Detective- Inspector E. Andrews and formerly Commander McQuhas, arrived here The gunboat Foxhound, Lieut. charged."

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South Africa Plan Academy of

Arts,

demy of arts was taken at a confer

Decision to form a national éco-. once held in the National Art Gai lery at Cape Town. Representativer

s of all the societies of artists and

schools of art were present,

A draft constitution was adopted,

been chosen, and their names will to be submitted to Parliament. Ten academicians and associates have

yesterday morning from Swatow. be sent for approval to the Gov

ernor-General.

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Arrested by the police immediate- ! 1 ly before the departure of the troop- We hear that Mr. Deane goes shipLancashire on which he was home shortly by the next mail, and going with the rest of his draft to that Mr. Tonnochy also goes home Shangbai, Private 8. O. Buraford, on leave soon.. E.A.A.C., appeared Before Mr.; Wynne-Tone at the Central Magis-

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for Creditors and Others to send in their garrison; we have been spared the driver was fined $10 for driving Claims against the abora Estate to the blessings of elective government a lorry belonging to the Gas Co. 14TH APRIL, 1988.

All Creditors and Others are accord with its attendant factions, dis

with An excessive number ingly hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned on or before that data......

Dated the 18th day of March. 1937.

JOHNSON, STOKEN & MASTER, Boliators for the Administrator Prince's Building, los House Street, Earn Kong.

Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Xavier have tracy yesterday morning" on ja

Mr. Ho Kai, Barrister-at-Law, was yesterday, on the motion of the by 1 suffered a great loss by the death charge of obtaining credit orders and corruption; there hus"!

of of their daughter; Steile, who fraud other then by false pretences Attorney-General, admitted to prac always been a fleet and land forces passengers on board. There were succumbed after a short illness at Lane, Crawford's Restaurant on tics at the Bar of the Supreme

on Monday. Mies Xavier was only Bunday. The defendant, who was: Court of Hong Kong.. adequate to assure us from foreign people on the lorry in addition to 18 years of age and her charming represented by Mr. O. E C. Maze

personality won for her a large host tin, pleaded not guilty, and was During the week ending March menace. Only once line the comfort sevaral gas stoves, although Traffic of friends. The funeral took place remanded until 11 am on Tues 19 there were 350 European and of the Colony" been shaken, namely

by the General Strike of 1925, and Sergeant, Clark told the Magistratet Happy Valley the same evening day, bail being allowed in the stim 2.643 Chinese visitors to the City when the Rev. Fr Gallagher of $250, or is military eustody Hall museum-Hong Kong Daily affainted.

should bail not be found.

Pres March 23, 1851

it is not unusual to hear, that, that at the time the lorry was anfe. [1075

Picture Post Cards to Help

Houmania,

One of the steps taken by the Ro manian Government to increase the state income is the introduction of a picture postcard monopoly.

The profits from this business will, beaceforward go into a "ltural fund" to be used for popular edu- cation. This is the eighth line of commerce and industry which the Roumanian state has monopolized, not counting the railroads, post- offics and telegraph service. Some

of these monopolies have boon farm- ed out to foreigners, against loans,